Outside Office Hours: UW Faculty & Staff Juried Exhibition

A New Model

This year, the UW Faculty & Staff Exhibition expands through a curatorial exchange with Florida Atlantic University:

 

• At FAU: FAU faculty & staff artworks will be curated by Michelle Sunset, Director of Curatorial Affairs at the UW Art Museum, and exhibited in the Schmidt Center Gallery.

 

• At UW: FAU Director & Chief Curator Véronique Côté will curate the UW Faculty & Staff Juried Exhibition for presentation at the UW Art Museum.

 

• Traveling artworks: To deepen the exchange, two artists from each institution will have selected work(s) travel to the partner university-broadening visibility, professional networks, and dialogue.

 

This exchange provides national exposure, direct engagement with a renowned external curator, and a competitive platform that goes beyond a traditional internal faculty show.

 

Juror 

 

Véronique Côté was appointed Director of the Florida Atlantic University Galleries in 2022. She holds an MA in Museum Studies and Nonprofit Management from Harvard University, an MFA in Visual Studies from the University at Buffalo, and a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi. 

 

An interdisciplinary curator and scholar, Côté advances innovative approaches to visual storytelling that bridge the Humanities, Natural Sciences, History, and Art. Her work integrates emerging technologies into museum studies, expanding opportunities for research, teaching, and engagement. 

 

Before joining FAU, she served as Executive Director and Chief Curator at the Center for Exploratory & Perceptual Arts in Buffalo, NY, and held positions at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Nova Southeastern University, and West Virginia University. In 2025, she was named a Propel Fellow by the Association of Art Museum Curators.